You hit that energy drink and feel a new rush like you can conquer the world! That Hot N’ Ready comes in it just hits that right spot like you’re fueled for a marathon! After about twenty minutes of code reviewing, you notice something odd. There’s a GOTO that points somewhere odd in the code. You trace it to find some ancient COBOL code that you can’t quite decode. It’s absolutely strange looking, like hieroglyphics strange.
Now that you know your coworkers you ask some over for help.
“Hey Big Balls, you seen this bit?”
Big balls, pops his head in, laughs at your face graffiti, and looks at your screen. “Oh yeah, I wouldn’t mess with that bit. Some dude looked into it the other day, that code is ancient voodoo, don’t mess with it. That guy went crazy and we never saw him again.”
Intrigued you wonder what to do. What do you do?
Leave it be, listen to Big Balls.
Look into it, code can’t be cursed. What’s a little poking around gonna hurt.